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January  25,    177^. 

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prepare  and  deliver  a  Funeral  Orationt 
•'  in  Honor  #/  General  Montgomery,  and  of  thofe 
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IN  purfuance  $f  this  appointment  the  following  O ration 
was  drawn  up  ;  and  as  the  Author  knew  that  he  was  to 
addrefs  as  great  and  refpeSfahle  an  audience^  perhaps,  as 
^as  ever  convened  in  America,  be  neither  wijh'd  to  trifle 
with  their  character  or  his  own,  but  ufed  every  effort  in 
his  power  to  render  the  compofition  worthy  ef  the  occafion^ 
and  now  cheerfully  fubmits  it  to  the  public  judgment.  He 
forefaw  the  difficulties  incident  to  the  undertaking  \  and 
(upon  the  principles  mentioned  p,  12,  13  J  was  prepared 
to  enciunter  them, 

,^  ^wp  or  three  Rotations  have  been  transferred  from  the 
text  to  the  margin  ;  a  few /mall  alterations,  chiefly  verbal^ 
have  been  made,  upon  the  recommendation  of  fome  friends,  and 
^  paragraph^  (p.  42)  which  was  forgot,  in  the  delivery,  if 
printed  in  its  place.  Upon  the  whole,  the  Author  hopes 
he  has  done  jufiice  to  the  memory  of  thofe  brave  men  who 
are  the  fubjeSis  of  the  Oration  \  and  with  refpeSl  to  thofi 
refle^ons  upon  public  affairs  which  muft  rife  out  of  pub^ 
lie  characters ,  and  are  intimately  conneiled  with  them,  be 
ii  fo  far  from  wifhing  them  retrenched,  that  (on  a  careful 
review)  he  is  willing  to  reft,  upon  them,  whatever  claim  he 
may  have  to  the  appellation  of  0  good  Citizen,  or  Friend 
to  Liberty, /d?  long  as  it  may  be  remembered  that  be  either 
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AN  occafion  truly  folemn  has  affemblcd  us  this 
day  ;  and,  that  your  actention  may  be  alike  fo- 
lemn and  ferious,  hear,  in  the  firil  place,  the  voice  of 
eternal  Truth—**  It  is  better  to  go  to  the  Houfe  of 
•*  Mourning  than  to  the  Houfe  o7  Feafting ;"  for-— 
**  None  of  us  livefb  to  himfelf,  aod  no  man  dietb  to 
**  himfelf."— 

But  there  are  (bme  men,  illuminated  with  a  purer  ra^ 
•f  divinity — Patriots  of  the  firft  magnitude— who,  in  a 
peculiar  fenfe,  may  be  faid  to  live  and  die,  not  to  them- 
selves, but  to  others  ;  and  confcquently  to  him  who  is 
the  author  of  all  goodnefs.  £ndow'd  with  that  fupe- 
rior  excellence  which  does  honor  to  our  whole  fpecies, 
the  virtuous  of  every  nation  claim  kindred  with  them  ; 
and  the  general  interefts  of  humanity  are  concern'd  in 
their  character. 

l»  veneration  of  fuch  men,  to  exchange  the  accuf- 
tomed  walks  of  pleafure  for  the  Houfe  of  Mourning  ; 
to  bedew  its  facred  recefTes  with  ttars  of  gratitude  to 
their  memory  5  to  drive,  if  poflible,  to  catch  fome  por- 
tion of  their  etbereal  Spirit ,  as  it  mounts  from  this  earth- 
ly fphere^  into  perfed  union  with  congenial  spirits  above 
-—is  a  laudable  cuftom,  coeval  with  fociety,  and  fandi- 
fied  to  us  by  the  example  of  the  wileft  nations. 

It  was  the  manner  of  the  Egyptions,  the  fathers  of 
arts  and  fcience,  not  only  to  celebrate  the  names,  but 
to  embalm  the  bodies,  of  their  deceafed  heroes,  that 
they  might  be  long  preferv'd  in  public  fiew,  as  exam- 
ples of  virtue  i,  and»  although  ^^  dead,  yet  fpeaking." 


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But  this  honor  was  not  cafily  to  be  obtain*d ;  nor 
tiras  it  beftow'd  indifcriTiinatily  upon  the  Vuloah 
Great-  It  was  decreed  only  by  ihe  public  voice— a 
venerable  aiFcmbly  of  Judgei,  befoic  whom  the  bodv 
of  the  deceaicd  was  brought  for  trial,  and  folemnly  ac- 
quitted or  condemned  upon  the  evidence  of  the  people, 

Ev£N  Kings  themftlves,  however  much  fpared  when 
alive,  for  the  fake  of  public  tranquility,  had  (fill  this 
m:>re  than  fiery  Ordeal  be.'orc  their  eyts  ;  and,  by  the 
example  of  f  >mc  of  their  number,  who  had  been  refufcd 
fcpulchre  in  th<,fe  very  tombs  which  their  pride  had  pre- 
pared to  thf  ir  own  mtmory,  were  taught  both  to  vene- 
rate and  to  dread  a  law,  which  extended  its  pufufh- 
iiicncs  beyond  the  ufual  times  of  oblivion. 

The  M  )Ral  of  this  inftitution  was  truly  fublime— • 
coi  itantly  inculcating  a  mod  important  kfljn— •"  That 
•whatever  diftinftions  our  wants  and  vices  may  render 
neceflary,  in  this  Jhort  and  imperfcdl  period  of-  our  be- 
ing they  are  all  canccllcil  by  the  hand  of  Death  ;  and, 
through  the  end/efs  untried  periods  which  fu€ceed,  vir- 
tue and  benefictrnce  will  make  the  truediftindlions,  and 
be  the  only  foundations  of  happincfs  and  re  sown  ! 

If  from  the  Egyptians,  we  pals  to  the  Greeks, 
partjcularly  the  cnlightcn'd  ^thenians^  "^/t  Hiall  find  that 
they  had  an  exprcis  iawi  appointing  Orations  and  pub- 
lic Funerals  in  honor  ui  thofe  who  glorioufly  lacrificcd 
their  1  ves  to  their  country.  -A nd  this  folemn  cffice  was 
performed  bei^urc  the  gicac  alTmolies  of  the  people  j 
lometimes  for  one,  and  lomctiines  tor  bands  of  heroes 
together. 

TwucYDiDES  has  recorded  a  celebrated  Oration  of 
this  \tii  kii;d,  deliveitd  by  Pericles.  The  illuftrious 
fpeakrr  afttr  a  molt  animating  dcfciiption  of  the  jimor 
Piiria — -ihe  love  of  our  country — which  he  exalts  above 
ail  iiUman  viriues,  turns  to  the  decealed — 
*  "  Having  bellowed  their  lives  to  the  public,  every 
*'  one  of  them,  fays  he,  haih  received  a  praile  that  will 
•'  never  deca}'--a  Icpulchrc  that  will  always  be  mod  il- 
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**  luftrioui— not  that  in  which  their  bones  lie  moulder* . 
«*•  ing,  but  that  in  which  their  fame  is  prcfervcd.  This 
•'  whole  earth  is  the  Icpulchrc  ot  illuftnoiis  citizens**—-  < 
and  theit  infcription  is  written  upon  the  hearis  of  all ' 
good  men.  ...  «    > 

*'  As  for  you  the  furvirors — from  this  very  mo-* 
•'  ment,  emulating  their  virtues,  place  your  fole  hap- 
•'  pinefs  in  liberty — and  ba  p'^eparcd  to  follow  its  call 
•'  through  every  danger.**  Then,  addrelTmg  himfelf, 
with  cxquifite  tendernefs,  to  the  relidts  and  child- 
ren of  the  deceaied,  he  fuggefts  to  them  that  the 
common  wealth  was  their  hufband,  their  father  and 
brother.—  »»**   -  -:■•-*  -   »*:;. 

*'  From  this  day  forward  to  the  age  of  maturity, 
•*•  (hall  the  orphans  be  educated  at  the  public  expence 
"  of  the  (late.  Fur  this  benevolent  meed  have  the 
**  lavvs  appointed  to  all  tuture  rclidls  of  thofe  who  may 
•'  fall  in  the  public  contefts. — '* 

Nor  were  the  Romans  lefs  careful  in  this  matter. 
Cojifidering  men  in  general  as  bra/e,  more  by  art  than 
nature ;  and  that  honor  is  a  more  powe  ful  incentive 
than  fear  ;  they  made  frugality,  temperance,  patience 
of  labor,  manly  exercife,  and  love  of  their  country,  the » 
main  principles  of  education.  Coward 'ce  and  negledt 
of  duty  in  the  field,  were  feldom  punilhcd  with  death 
or  corporal  inflidions  ;  but  by  what  wjs  accounted- 
worfe,  .a  life  decreed  to  ignominious  cxpuifion  and  de- 
gradation trom  Roman  privileges. 

On  the  contrary,  deeds  of  public  virtue  were  re- 
warded, according  to  their  magnitude,  with  ftatucs,  tri-* 
umphs  of  various  kinds,  peculiar  badges  of  drefs  al 
public  folemnitics,  and  •fongs  of  praife  to  the  living  as 
well  as  the  deaci. 

Next  to  the  hymns  compofed  m  honor  of  the  Gods, 
Poetry  derived  its  origin  from  the  fongs  of  triumph  to 

herces- 


*  They  are  called  **  Carmina/'  as  wrought  np  m  the  high  fpeiie 
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heroes,  *  who  tamed  the  rude  manners  of  mankind;  f 
founded  cities,  repcUed  the  incurfions  of  enemies,  and 
gave  peace  to  their  country.  And  this  cuftom  began  ' 
ivhen  Rome  contained  only  a  few  fliepherdt,  gathering, 
(Irength  by  an  all u vies  of  the  outcafts  of  neighbouring; 
nations. 

Those  firft  efforts  of  poetic  eulogy^  whether  in  profe 
CM*  verfe  (like  thofe  of  a  fimilar  •rigin,  which  Nature, 
always  the  fame,  teaches  our  favage  neighbours)  aU' 
though  often  fublime  in  fubdance,  were  yet  fo  rude  in% 
Arudture,  that  ^  Livy  forbears  quoting  them,  as  having, 
become  intolerable  to  the  more  refined  talle  of  their 
pofterity  ;  however  fuicable  they  might  have  been  to^ 
the  sera  of  their  produftion. 

What  a  multitude  of  compofitions  of  this  kind  mufb: 
have  exifted  between  the  barbarous  fongs  of  the  milita* 
ry  upon  the  triumph  of  §  Codius,  and  the  celebrated 
panegyric  of  Pliny  upon  Trajan  !  They  are  faid  to  have 
been  fweiled  into  two  thoufand  volumes,  even  in  the 
time  of  Auguftus.  In  fhort,  the  praife  of  public  viriur 
was  wrought  in  the  whole  texture  of  Roman  polity  i. 
and  Virgil,  calling  Religion  to  his  aid,  gave  it  the  high^ 
eft  finifh. 

He  divides  his  Hades,  or  place  of  Ghosts,  into  dif«^ 
fcrent  regions ;  and  to  the  gulph  of  deepeft  perdition,  | 
configns  thofe  monllcrs  of  jniquity  who  delighted  in  the 
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liominum  virtute. 

f  Qui  terras  hominumqae  colunt  {enas,  afpcra  bella  ' 

Compaflunt,  agros  aflignaot,  oppida  conduat. 

fftr, 
X  Carmen  canentes  ibant,  ilia  tempeflate  forfitan  laadabile  rud?** 
ku&,  ingenniis,  nunc  abhorrens  8e  incondicunif  fi  rcferatur. 

§  Longe  maximuoi  triumphi  fpedaculam  fuit  Coifias— — in  CttOi 
nilites  carmina  incondita,  aequantes  cam  Romulo  canerr.  k 

«   .  £/«» 

II  **  Fall  twice  as  deep  the  dungeon  of  the  Fiends, 
"  The  huge  Tartarean  gloomy  g'liph  defcenda 
''    «<  Below  thefe  regions,  as  thefe  regions  lie  •*  '  . 

•*  From  the  bright  realms  of  yoA  mhercal  Ikjr.'^'  .J, 


'«Ufi»iM 


■ 


(  f  1 

• 

■deftruAion  of  mankind,  betrayed  •  their  country,  or 
violated  its  religiou  and  laws.  There  he  excruciates 
them,  in  company  with 

f  ••  Gorgons  and  Hydras  and  Chimeras  dire—* 
Vukures  prey  upon  their  vitals,  or  they  are  whirled  eter- 
nally round  with  Ixion  upon  his  wheel,  or  bound  down 
with  Tantalus^  j;  whole  burning  lip  hangs  quivering 
over  the  elufive  waters  it  cannot  touch  ;  or  the  fury  TV- 
fypbone^  her  hair  entwin*d  with  ferpents,  her  garments 
red  with  human  gore,  urges  on  their  tortures  with  un- 
relenting hand  ! 

The  Poet  having  thus  exhaufted  imagination  as  well 
as  mythology,  in  the  defcription  of  puni(hments  for  the 
difturbers  of  mankind  and  foes  to  their  country,  raifes 
his  conclufion  to  a  height  of  horror  beyond  the  reack 
of  expreffion— 

*'  Had  I  a  hundred  mouths,  a  hunilred  tongues, 

*'  A  voice  of  brafs,  and  adamantine  lungs  ; 

*'  Not  half  the  mighty  fcene  could  I  difcloJe  ; 

*^  Repeat  their  crimes  or  count  their  dreadful  woes.*  f 

Nor  has  Virgil  ftraytd  any  further  through  the  fields  of 
fancy  or  fable  in  this  place,  than  to  borrow  (Ircngth  of 
colouring  ftr  the  garb  of  truth  ;  and,  I  fufpe(5t,  that  he 
drank  from  a  purer  fountain  than  that  of  Nelicow. 


•  f(  f  his  wretch  hit  coantry  to  a  tyrint  fold, 
'*  And  harter'd  glorious  Liberty  for  gold  : 
"  La«rs  tor  a  bribe  he  pafs'd — but  pafsM  in  vain: 
<*  For  thefe  fame  laws  a  bribe  repeai'd  afrain."  , 

f  Milton  here  borrows  his  monfters  from  Virgil 
'**  Jlammifqut  armata  Cbimarai 
•*  Gorgones,  Harfiitque.'^^-^i^c. 
See  Virgil,  B.  VI.  from  line  zdt,  to  line  697  ;  Qt  Pitt'i  cxcellnU 
Tranflation. 

X  Tantalus  a  labris,  iitians,  fugientia  captat 
Fluoiina.  Hor* 

^  Milton  has  taken  the  fame  method  of  raifing  his  defcriptiov* 
by  leaving  iomething  to  be  conceived  beyond  the  power  of  worda 

tocaiprefs 

:.  ■*  Abominable,  anotterable,  and  worfe 

I*  Than  iables  yet  hate  feigned,  or  fear  coacei*'d.9- 


^ 


liawfe^^l^.^,. 


>>«aec9naJtew~t*!9kw«aiut . 


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If 

I 


(  «  1 

^hen  he  pf oplcd  his  Tartsras  with  the  ancient  fcowrrrcft 
of  the  human  race.  An  authority  facred  amon^  chrif- 
tians  has  indeed  given  us  a  mo(t  awful  confimation  of 
his  dodtrine.  .        •*• 

A  Prophet  and  Poet  indeed,  whofc  infpiration  was 
truly  from  Heaven,  the  incomparably  fublime  Isaiah, 
foretelling  the  fall  of  Baby  Ion,  has  an  Ode  of  triumph^ 
i^herein  he  exults  over  its  haughty  Monarch  in  (trains 
of  wonderful  irony  and  reproach.  He  reprobates  him 
as  a  deitroyer  ot  mankind ;  who  had  *^  made  the 
world  a  wilderncfs."  He  reprefcnts  the  whole  earth  as 
deliveied  from  a  curfe  by  his  fall  !  The  trees  of  the  fo- 
reft  rej«ice,  becaufc  he  is  laid  low !  The  very  grave  refu- 
fes  a  covering  to  his  execrable  corfe  I  he  is  confign'd  to 
the  depths  of  mifcryi  ;  while  the  infernal  manfions  them- 
Iclves  are  moved  at  his  approach,  and  the  gh«(ls  •f 
departed  tyrants  rife  up,  in  horrid  array  and  mockery 
of  triumph,  to  bid  him  welcome  to  his  final  abode! 
The  aitoniPiing  grandeur  and  fpirit  of  this  pafTige^ 
and  indeed  ot  the  whole  Ode,  are  unrivalled  by  an/ 
•  Pjet  of  Greek  or  Roman  name. 

"  How  hath  the  oppreflbr  ceafed !  The  Lord  hath 
«'  hr©k  n  the  ftafFof  the  wicked  !  He  that  fmote  the 
people  in  wrath — that  ruled  the  nations  in  anger— 
IS  perfecuted  and  none  hindereth  !  The  whole  earth 
is  at  reft — they  break  forth  into  finging ;  yea  the 
Fir-trees  rejoice  at  ihec,  and  the  Cedars  of  Lebanon, 
laying,  fince  thou  art  laid  down  no  feller  is  come 
•'  up  ae aloft  us. 

*'  Hell  frcm  beneath  is  moved  for  thee,  to  meet 
•*  thee  at  thy  coming.  It  ftirrcth  up  the  dead  for  thee— 
«*  even  the  chiets  ot  the  nations  !  They  fay  unto  thee, 
••  art  thou  alfo  become  weak  as  we  ?  Thy  pomp  is 
••  brought  down  to  the  grave— How  art  thou  fallen, 

"  O  Lucijer^ 

•  AVaeai  himfclf  {(m\\  BilTiop  NewHn)  fo  highly  renowned  Tor 
his  hat'cd  if  tyranny,  and  whofe  od  s  are  a'ike  an'inatcd  by  the 
fpirit  of  Lib?rry  and  Poetry,  hit  nothing  (bat  caA  be  Ci/mparc4 
wiih  the  Piophet  la  thii  plate*  ...  -       ,.,,,,*        - 


•( 


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I  }  } 

^*  0  Lucifer y  ihtt  didd  wftken  the  nations  ?  All  kingf,' 
*'  [meaning  juft  and  merciful  kings]  even  all  ot  tht-m 

lie  in  glory,  every  one  in  his  own  houfc  (or  fepuU 

chrc)  i  but  thou  art  call  out  ot  thy  grave  like  an 
•*  abominable  branch/*  i^c* 

BrT  although  the  reward  of  heroes^  in  the  ehrifiian*% 
heaven,  be  our  proper  themt  on  this  Iblemn  day  \  yet 
the  pafTing  view  which  we  have  taken  of  the  perdition 
decreed  to  the  traitors  of  their  country,  in  the  peei'^ 
hell,  confirmed  alio  by  the  voice  of  fcripture,  is  not  fo^ 
reign  to  our  main  purpole. 

1  KNOW  your  bofoms  glow  with  fo  (Irong  an  averfion' 
to  all  the  foes  of  liberty  in  this  life,  that  you  will  furely 
avoid  every  thought  and  aflion,  which  might  doom  you 
to  thrir  company  in  the  life  to  come  ;  and  therefore,  bid- 
ding adieu — and  may  it  be  an  eternal  adieu — to  thofe 
dreary  regions  and  their  miferable  inhabitants,  let  us  now 
exalt  our  joyous  view  to  thofe  celeltial  manfions,  where 
the  benefactors  of  mankind  reap  immortal  triumphs  { 

*'  Lo  !  the  bitft  train  advance  along  the  mead*. 
And  fnowy  wreaths  adorn  their  glorious  hradi— • 
Patrioti  who  perifh'd  (or  their  cuuntry's  right. 
Or  nobly  triunaph'd  in  the  field  of  Hi^ht— 
Worihies,  who  live  by  ufefui  arts  refin'd. 
With  thofe  who  leave  a  deatblefs  name  behind, 
Friends  of  the  world,  and  patrons  of  ni'^nkin'it 
S^me  on  the  verdant  plains  are  tlretch'd  along. 
Sweet  to  the  ear,  their  tuneful  Pxans  rung— 

But  here,  ye  Pagan  poets,  and  thou  prince  of  their 
quire,  we  leave  you  far  behind  \  far  your  fublimeft 

B  flights 


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The  excellent  Prelate  above  quoted,  hath  a  farther  remark  on 
this  pafTage,  whirh  it  w^uld  be  unpardonable  to  omit. 

**  What  a  pleafure  mult  it  afford  all  readers  of  an  exalted  tafto 
*'  and  generous  fentiments,  all  true  lovers  of  liberty,  to  hear  the 
*'  prophets  thus  exultintj  over  :yrant8  and  oppreflbrs  ?  The  fcrip- 
•'  tures,  altho'  often  perverted  to  the  purpofes  of  tyranny,  are  yec 
"  ia  their  own  nature,  calculated  to  piomote  the  civil  and  religious 
"  liberties   of  mankind.     True  religion,   virtue  and  liberty,  aro 

jnsre  iaiioiately  cjnaefted  than  men  cotniQOnly  con(ider*'| 


■I 


•  Ifciah  xiv,**  ^" 


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I  «  1 


jfliglifs  are  row  infinitely  fhort  of  the  theme !  YoUf 
gloomy  The*  1.  gy  gave  you  tolerable  aid  in  forming  a 
hell^  but  the  utmolt  efforts  if  natural  genius  could  not 
mi^kr  Si  heaven  worthy  of  a  larional  and  immortal  foul  I 
The  glory  of  giving  iome  animating  defcripiion  ot  that 
blifs  "  which  eve  hath  not  feen  nor  csl:  before  heard, 
**  nor  could  the  i;nenlightened  heart  of  man  othnwde 
*'  conceive,"  was  left  for  a  more  divine  teacher.  FiOm 
iiiM  we  learn,  that  a  heart  pure  and  detached  from  for- 
did plealuies,  a  foul  panting  after  perfedion,  driving 
to  imitate  the  goodnels  of  heaven,  anticipating  its  ap- 
proving fentence,  and  devoted  to  the  fcrvice  of  man- 
kind, (hall  at  lail  rife  and  mix  in  eternal  fellowfhip 
with  the  beat  fif  d  family  of  *  God  I 

Having  now,  my  refpeAed  countrymen — -and  I  hope 
I  do  n^.t  wea?y  you — laid  a  wide  foundation  upon  the 
practice  of  the  wileft  nations — in  fupport  of  the  prefcnt 
folem.nity  ;  I  fhali  add  but  little  more  concerning  the 
pubhc  utility  of  the  thing  itfrlf. 

CiRcuMSTANCtD  IS  we  now  are,  and  perhaps  (hall 
long  be,  in  buiidmg  up  a  fabric  for  future  ages,  it  would 
be  a  wife  indicution,  if  in  imitation  of  the  GznoQk  feafi 

•  A  poet  now,  as  may  appear  from  t^e  fcllowing  lines  of  Themp- 
foH,  can  give  Uo  defc  iptions  of  elsjian  blifs^  far  fuperior  to  there  of 
Virgii  ;  «*  whofe  ideas  on  this  fubjcft  (as  Mr.  Spence  obf  rves) 
**  aliho*  preferable  to  thofe  of  Homer  and  all  the  other  SMtient 
"  poets,  are  itiil  io  very  low,  that  they  feem  little  more  than  boZ'> 
*•  rowed  from  holiclay-iports  on  tke  banks  of  Tiber."— • 
**  in  thcf-  b  ight  regions  of  celeftial  day. 


Far  f  ih<T  fcenes,  far  othr^r  pleafures  reign— 
A.I  buy  here  bflow,  to  th^m  connpar'd. 
Would  ii^te  a  rofe  bpTore  the  mid  day  fan,  '      >     ^  * 
Sk   I  k  up  Its  bl<  (T  m — like  a  bubble,  break      v-.- 
**  The  p  llirg  poor  roavTf'ficence  of  kings—  - 

^*  For  there  the  king  of  nature,  m  full  blaze 
•*  C  ills  evtry  ipirrd'^r  forth;   ad  there  his  courts 
'*  Amid  aet^ereal  powers  and  virtues,  holds— 
•*   Antit>l&,  a  chsngels,  tutelary  gods,  ^- 

'*  Ot  titles,  rations,  empirrs,  and  uf  worlds— • 
"    But  tacrrd  be  the  veil  that  ki  d'y  cicada 
**  A  light  100  keen  for  monalg.  ^ 


»     atf 


f    9    J 

0/unhn^  we  fkould  make  at  le^ft  an  annual  paiiCe,  for 
a  review  of  palt  iricidents,  an .'  or  the  cha-adeib  of  thofe 
who  nave  borne  an  illuftriou*.  fhart"  in  them;  rbtrcby 
animating  our  virtue  and  unitin  'turltlvc  miicciofc- 
ly  in  the  bonds  of  mutual  frirndflt  ;). 

The  w  )rld,  in  gcner;d,  i>.  m'^«,e  willing  to  imitate, 
than  CO  be  tauf>ht  ;  and  ex:i  nplej>  ot  eminent  charadjrs 
have  a  ftronger  influrnce  than  w'i«ten  precepts-  Miri.'i 
actions  are  a  moie  faithful  mirror  or  th.ir  Iwes  thaa 
their  words.  The  former  ie^^MU  drccive ;  hut  the 
latter  ©fcen.  Tne  deeds  of  old  (oncufl  a  venerable 
authority  over  us,  when  landificd  ijy  «he  vjice  of  ap- 
plauding ages  ;  and,  even  in  our  own  day,  oui  hearts 
fake  an  immediate  part  with  thofe  who  have  nobiy  cri- 
Vmphed,  or  greatly  lufFered  in  rur  behalf. 

But  the  more  ufetul  the  difpiay  of  luch  characters 
may  be  to  the  world,  the  mu^^  d  (Htult  is  the  work. 
And  1  am  not  to  learn,  that  of  all  kinds  o'  writing,  p^tne- 
gynck  rtqnres  the  mott  de-hc;ice  hand.  Men  Icidom 
endure  the  praife  of  any  adlions  ^ut  chofe  which  their 
fclr  love  reprefents  as  prfli')]'-  lo  chemlVlves.  V\  hat- 
tver  IS  held  up  as  an  exasn}  le,  if  placeu  bcyonu  the 
feath  of  hun^anity  duly  exaled  by  pu  )lic  fpi.it,  w  11 
exciie  no  emulation  i  and  wnanever  s  placed  wituin 
the  vulgir  walks  of  life,  will  ariradl  no  atuntion.  ^ 
•V  There  is  a  further  d'ili  a'.iy,  peculiar  to  certa'ti 
times  i  paaicalarly  t  iO^e  ot  ci  m1  d.fl'  i  iijv  •,  when  the 
tempers  of  men  are  vvorkej  mto  femient.  Whence  it 
happens,  that  they  who  have  been  the  fu  j^(5ts  of  (  blo- 
q-iy  in  one  a^e,  have  beco  nc  the  th.me  ol  pra  le  la 
aiocher.  Sucii  was  Ha:r.pdrn — in  tlv-?  days  of  paffivc 
obedience,  b:and;;d  as  a  fe  licious  diitu  ber  oi  his  own 
Cjuat.y's  peace  j  an  1,  at  tne  bhirrd  ssra  of  the  re  vo- 
lution, cxilctd  I'uo  t*ie  fiiil  laik  ^t  patriots.  Such  was 
Sidney — condemned  to  a  Tc.  fF)ld  in  the  for  mer  peiiod  ; 
and,  in  the  latrer,  immoiiaiized  by  the  delegated  voice 
gf  th-  nation  !       ,    • 

What  judgviicnt  pofterity  will  form  of  the  prcfent 


.•.^w^v  *i^»*  «••#  •  «.^>i 


.-^Jks'i', 


ihighty  conteft,  in  which  thcfe  Unked  Colonics  are  cn^ 
gaged,  I  am  at  no  lofs  to  determine  in  my  own  heart. 
Sue,  while  the  fame  adions  are,  by  one  part  of  a  great 
empire,  pronounced  the  mod  criminal  refiftance,  and 
by  another,  the  moft  laudable  effv>rts  of  fclf  prefervation  j 
no  public  charafler  can  be  drawn  alike  acceptable  to 
all.  Nevertheless,  as  the  faithtul  hiftorian  is  the  bed' 
panegyrift  of  true  merit,  he  will  not  falhion  hitifclf  to 
times  and  Tea  Tons,  but  exalt  himfelf  above  them  *,  and, 
confcious  of  his  dignity,  as  refponfible  to  fucceeding 
ages,  will  take  eternal  truth  as  his  fupport,  which  can 
alone  bear  the  impartial  teft  of  future  examination. 
He  knows  that  the  divine  colours  of  virtue,  although  they 
may  give  a  temporary  glare,  will  not  blend  or  mellow 
imp  a  ground- work  of  vice. 

Whatever  events,  difaftrous  or  happy,  may  lie  be- 
fore us }  yet  fome  degree  of  applaufe  even  from  art 
«nemy,  is  certainly  due  to  thole  illuftrious  men,  who, 
led  by  confcience  and  a  clear  perfonal  perfuafion  oi, 
duty,  facrifice  their  eafr,  their  lives  and  fortunes  to  the 
public;  and  from  their  friends  and  country  tkey  are 
entitled  to  a  deathlefs  renown. 

Perish  that  narrow  pride,  which  will  fufFer  men  to 
acknowledge  no  virtue,  but  among  their  own  party, 
in  this  dirrfulyconted,  the  chief  concern  of  a  liberal 
mind,  will  be,  that  fo  much  perfonal  virtue  as  may  be 
found  on  both  fides,  inflead  of  being  united  In  fome 
great  national  point  for  the  common  good,  fhouid  be 
dreadfully  employed  to  the  purpofe  of  murual  deftruc- 
tion.  And  a  man  can  as  foon  divert  himfelf  of  his  hu- 
manity,  as  retufe  the  tribute  of  veneration  due  to  adi- 
pns  truly  magnanimous.       "    '    '  "   •  •  :        ^     -• 

When  once  it  becomes  criminal  to  plead  the  caufe 
of  a  fblfermg  people  ;  when  their  virtues  can  no  longer 
be  fafely  recorded— then  tyranny  has  put  the  laft  hand 
to  her  barbarous  woik.  All  the  valuable  purpofes  of 
fociety  are  fruftrateci ;  and  whatever  other  human  fate 
remains  will  be  wholly  indiffcrenjt  to  the  wife  and  gocd. 


,'j.i»*- 


--- »iiww«SM!;\l'*'i-"-  '»'**''ilM'i-»«~yfc„...    .  '^   ' 


*'•*<«  :^^■4^*■*»-»..«»^^-' 


»       '   ' 


There  art  alfo  many  whofc  minds  are  fo  /////<?,  that 
they  can  conceive  nothing  greats  which  does  not  court 
the  eye  in  all  the  trappings  of  drefs,  titles,  and  external 
fpJendor.  An  American- Patriot  !  a  Blanket- Hero  !  a 
General  from  the  plough  I  all  thefe  are  terms  of  ridicule 
and  reproach  among  many.  Yet  fuch  was  Cincinna- 
Tus  in  the  beft  days  of  Roman  virtue  •,  and  a  Britifh 
poet,  already  quoted,  hath  boldly  taught  his  country- 
men this  neble  Icffon 

**  Some,  with  whom  comparM,  yoar  infed* tribes 
f*  Are  but  the  beings  of  a  fummer's  day, 
**  Have  held  the  fcale  of  empire,  rord  the  ftorm 
."  Of  mighty  war;  then,  wi;h  unwearyM  band, 
**  Difdainirg  little  delicacies,  feiz'd 
'*  The  PLotJGH,  and  greatly  independant  livM."       Thomsgiv. 

The  fame  noble  Icflbn  is  alfo  taught,  by  the  well 
known  ftory  of  the  two  Spanifli  grandee?,  who  were 
feint  ambafladors  to  the  Hague.  Notwithftanding  all 
the  pride  of  their  nation,  they  did  not  defpife  the  Dutch 
deputies  when  they  met  them  in  a  plain  habit,  and  faw 
them  on  a  journey  fit  down  upon  the  grafs,  to  a  frugal 
repaft  of  bread  and  cheefe,  out  of  their  knapfacks.  On 
the  contrary,  they  cried  out,  "  We  (hall  never  be  able 
**  to  cQn^uer  thefe  people ;  we  muft  cvtn  make  peace 
*'  with  them." 

Should  ambafiadors  honor  us  with  a  vifit,  upon  a 
like  occafion  ;  let  us  be  prepared  to  meet  them  in  the 
fame  majeftic  fimplicity  of  drefs  and  manners.  Let  us 
convince  them  that  public  virtue  is  confirt'd  to  no  clafa 
of  men  ;  that  although  it  fometimes  bafks  in  the  fun- 
(hire  of  courts,  it  frequently  lies  hid  in  the  (hades  of 
obfcurity,  like  the  latent  fire  in  flint,  till  called  forth  by 
the  collifive  hand  of  oppreffion. 

Adversity  is  the  lealon  which  fliews  the  fpirit  of  a 
man  in  its  full  vigor  ;  and  times  of  civil  calamity  never 
fail  to  ftrike  forth  lights,  fometimes  fingle,  and  fume- 
times  whole  conflellations,  mingling  their  kindred 
rays  to  warm  and  to  illuminate  the  genius  of  their 
colintry.  Tn£ 


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[  I«  1 

The  facred  fiame  thus  enkindled,  if  not  fed  by  the- 
fuel  of  fa6lion  or  party  ;  but  by  pure  benevolence  and 
Ifjve  of  the  public.  It  tliereForc,  foon  rifes  above  the 
fdfifh  principles,  refines  and  brighcens  as  it  rifes,  and 
expand''  itfelf  into  hfavenly  dimenfi  )ns.  Being  inex- 
tinetrfhabie  in  jcs  ow*  name,  tlie  blood  of  thoufands 
on  the  fcafT^d  or  in  thff  fitld,  is  but  as  oil  poured  into 
a  coi.fla  ,rar  on,  incrcafing  its  vcMtme nee,  till  it  con- 
fumis  all  before  it ;  burnio'^  ftill  rlea'er  aai  llronger, 
««/<?  the  fu7i  day  of  peace  and  civil  bappimjs. 

Those  who  enjoy  a  ciu^  purti  >n  ot  ints  divln"  flime, 
duly  callc-d  forth  inro  exercise,  (land  in  no  need  "f  tur- 
thcr  titles  or  diftindons,  cither  by  birth  or  grcL  t.  For 
what  can  the  world  prcknt  greater  to  the  fi./ht  of  mor- 
tals, or  even  immor'^als,  than  a  man  who  knows  and 
courts  the  b'.efli  )g>  o^ peace  /v'lo  wilht^s  to  b.cath:;  ouc 
his  Lift  in  its  arms  ;  and,  kec-pin  >  it  (till  a*^  his  objedt, 
is  ne/er the Icfs  loufed  by  the;  fi'-ft  pang  of  h:s  fuffering 
C':.«i.i-ry  •,  gives  his  whole  ilki  tious  Ipinc  to  her  relief  j 
ri^  above  all  hu^ian  I'luemenrs  ;  never  remits  his 
2-*?J  ;  fcais  nothing  ;  *  regards  noth.ng — but  rh?  fen- 
tJincfvrjj  wh'ch  virtu*  and  m  tgnanim"-i.y  mfpire  ?  What 
fcjirhrr  qualities  can  h--  rrqjircd  to  entiilr  a  man  to  the 
▼  neratuin  an4  euloj.^;">  ot  his  country  f  AnJ  thcfe  too 
wM  be  his  molldua)!^  monunent. 

"The  ^a^  n  ficent  ttru^ijies  rail^'d  by  the  gratitude 
of  mankind  to  their  i)e.  v-idd  >rs  of  old,  ha.l  but  a  local 
and  temporary  wle.  They  were  beheld  only  by  one: 
jr^ople,  and  for  a  few  /.grs — 

**  The  Heav'n  alp'-'ini;  pvram'd,  the  proud  ;- 

•*  Triumjhal  arc!),  and  all  tliat  t*ci  upheld 
**  T.ie  wo  fh'pp'u  naaij  or  hoar  anciqiity 
«*  Are  mouldering  into  dufl — 

In  vain  do:s   the  v/ay  firing  ma-,    invefl-i^ate  the^ 

tcuerin^  ruins  tor  the  d.vinity  once  enlhrincd  there!' 

.    ,        .    ..    .,    ,.     ^j .        ,     ..     ,         .        A  (canty 

•  Nihil  extim^fc^re  ;  oniMS  hjmma  dsfpicere  ;  nihil  G[aod  ho« 


■^*^^''■!»£i^r!a{^^^^fei'*■*^■  -toA'.;^;^^^^^!^^  •-■. 


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A  fcanty  refcrpfaclc,  about  fix  feet  in  Icnqth  and  half 
the  brcaJth,  informs  liim  that  it  once  contained  foni^ 
human  dull,  lont*  fi.jce  mns  ed  w  rh  the  common  mil's. 
In  vain  does  the  prying;  aittiqnary  dwell  upon  the  fculp- 
ture,  or  drive  to  coli.d  and  ip.il  riie  fcntjrtd  tra^mcnt* 
oF  letters.  The  infcription  is  gonj — long  fi;v:e  gone, 
effaced,  obliterated'  And  truiiltfs  w-e  the  fearch, 
th.ough  the  whole  world,  for  the  FL-io's'  nam'",  if  it 
were  not  recorded  in  the  Orator's  pa^^e,  and  proclaimed 
by  the  faithful  voice  of  b^Jiory 

There  it  fhall  live,  while  the  fmallefl  vefli^es  of  li- 
terature remain  upon  earth — .ea,  till  die  fiial  d.ffJu'- 
tion  of  things  human  •,  nor  dial  I  it  peiiflithen;  but, 
being  the  immediate  care  of  Heav^rn.  the  great  Arch- 
angel, when  he  fweeps  funs  and  (yftems  from  their 
place,  and  kindles  up  their  lad  fies,  ftretching  forth 
his  mighty  arm,  fhall  pluck  the  deathlcfs  fcroll  from 
the  devouring  conflagration,  and  give  it  a  place  among 
the  archieves  of  eternity  ! 

But  whether  am  I  borne  ?  to  what  height  have  I  a(^ 
ccnded  ?  I  look  down  with  aftoniOiment  ind  trcmbl« 
at  my  ficuation  !  Oh  !  Let  vour  friendly  arms  be  ex- 
tended to  fave  me  as  1  fall.  For  in  the  idea  I  have  of 
my  fubjccl,  I  have  undertaken  to  guide  the  chariot  of 
the  fun  ;  and  how  fhall  I  (leer  through  the  exalted  trsj9c 
that  lies  before  mr  ?  Confidering  myfelf  as  honored 
with  this  day's  office  by  the  delegated  voice  of  (ome 
millions  of  people  through  a  vaft  continent,  upon  an 
occafion,  wherein  their  gratitude,  their  dignity,  their 
love  of  liberty,  nay  even  their  reputation  in  literatuie— 
are  all  in  fome  degree  concerned  ;  what  language  (hall 
I  ufe,  or  how  fliall  I  accomm  >date  myftlf  to  every 
circumftance,  in  the  arduous  work  ?  -   j 

Truth  alone  muit  puidc  the  hand  that  delineates  a 
charadcr.  Should  I  alFd  to  foar  aloft  and  dip  my  pen- 
cil m  the  colours  of  the  lie/,  I  (h  uld  but  endanger  my 
own  wings,  melt  their  wax,  and  be  precipitated  headlong. 
Nor  is  the  danger  lefs  in  the  other  extreme. 

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t    H    5 

Oh  !  tlicn,  for  fomc  better  Pkoebus,  fome  prcfidirij* 
Genius,  to  guide  me  through  my  remaining  way ;  tci 
point  out  the  middle  path,  and  teach  me  to  unite  dignity 
with  eafc,  ftrength  with  pcrfpecuity  ;  and  truth  with 
the  unaffVdted  graces  of  elocution.  Or  rather,  you  ihall 
be  my  Pbcehus^  my  infpiring  as  well  as  prrfiding  Genius, 
ye  delegated  fathers  of  your  country  !  So  far  will  I 
ftrivc  to  imitate  •  him,  who  always  animated  himfclf 
with  his  lubjtft,  by  thus  accofting  hinifclf  before  he 
went  forth  to  fpeak— 

*'  Remember,  thou  art  this  dny  going  to  addrefs 
men  born  in  the  arms  of  liberty,  Grecians,  Atheni- 
ans !" — Let  no  thought  enter  thy  heart — let  no  word 
fall  from  thy  tongue — unworthy  of  fuch  an  audience  ! 

As  to  that  hero,  whofe  memory  you  celebrate  as  a 
PretO' Martyr  f  to  your  rights — for  through  whatever 
fields  I  haveftrayed,  he  has  never  cfcaped  my  view— as 
to  him  I  fay,  if  any  thing  human  could  now  reach  his 
car,  nothing  but  the  great  concerns  of  virtue,  liberty, 
truth  and  juftice  would  be  tolerable  to  him  j  for  to 
thele  was  his  life  devoted  from  his  early  years. 

He  had  received  a  liberal  education  in  Ireland  hid 
native  country,  before  he  went  into  the  army  ;  and  was 
indeed  endued  with  talents  which  would  hare  led  hini 
to  eminence  in  Any  profeflion.  His  own  he  ftudied 
with  a  felicity  which  foon  diftinguifhed  his  military 
abilities ;  but  war  and  conqueft  having  no  other  charms 
to  him  than  as  the  neceffary  means  of  peace  and  happi- 
nefs  to  mankind  ;  he  ftill  found  Icifure,  in  the  midlt 
of  camps,  to  cultivate  an  excellent  tafte  for  philofophy 
and  polite  literature.  To  thefe  he  added  a  careful  ftud/ 
of  the  arts  of  g()vernment,  and  the  rights  of  mankind  ; 
looking]  forward  to  that  time,  when  he  might  dcfcend 
into  tV.c  fiill  fccK^s  of  private  life  j  and  give  a  full  flow 


•  Periclt'S. 

t  The  Huthor  did  not  intend  to  appropriate  this  term  fo  as  t« 

^etraa  fr(j,r.  \uq  j  .uru  r.f  Dr.  Warren,  and  other  brave  men  wUq 
U\i  befcrt;  in  tlie  fa!i;s  caufe. 


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t6  the  native  and  acq-jircd  virtues  of  a  heart  rich  ia 
moral  excellence. 

Above  eighteen  years  ago  he  had  attained  the  rank 
of  Captain  in  the  1 7th  regiment,  under  General  Monck- 
ton,  and  flood  full  in  the  way  of  higher  preferment 5 
having  borne  a  (hare  in  all  the  labors  of  our  American 
wars,  and  the  rcdudlion  of  Canada.  Ill  fated  region! 
fhort-fightcd  mortals  I  Little  did  he  forefce  the  fcenes 
which  that  land  had  dill  in  rcferve  for  him  !  Little  did 
thofe  generous  Americans,  who  then  ftoed  by  his  fide, 
think  that  they  were  aflifting  to  fubdue  a  country,  which 
would  one  day  be  held  up  over  us,  as  a  greater  fcourge 
in  the  hands  of  fiiends,  than  ever  it  was  in  the  hands 
of  enemies ! 

Had  fuch  a  thought  then  entered  our  hearts,  we 
Ihould  have  darted  with  indignation  from  the  deed  of 
horror.  Our  heroifm  would  have  appeared  madnefa 
and  parracide  I  The  lifted  fteel  would  have  dropped 
fr©m  the  warrior's  arm  I  The  ax  and  the  hoe  from  the 
laborer's  grafp  !  America  would  have  weeped  through 
all  her  forefts ;  and  her  well  cultivated  fields  retuled  to 
yield  farther  fuftcnance  to  her  infatuated  Ibns  ! 

But  far  different  were  our  thoughts  at  that  time. 
We  confidered  ourlelves  as  co-operating  with  our  bre- 
thren for  the  glory  of  the  empire  j  to  enable  them  to 
fecure  our  common  peace  and  liberty ;  to  humanize, 
adorn,  anJ  dignify,  with  Britilh  privileges,  a  vaft  Con- 
tinent ;  to  becoms  ftrong  in  our  ftrength,  happy  in  our 
happinefs  ;  and  to  derive  that  from  our  aff.-Aion,  which 
iio  force  can  extort  from  a  free  people  j  aid  which  the 
tnlferab'e  and  opprcffcd  cannot  give  !       ♦> 

And  thefe,  too,  were  the  fentiments  of  our  lamented 
H'jro;  for  he  had  formed  an  early  attachment,  amount- 
ing even  to  an  enthufiaftic  love,  for  this  country  !  The 
woodland  and  the  plain  -,  the  face  of  Nature,  grand, 
venerable,  and  yet  rejoicing  in  her  prime ;  our  mighty 
rivers,  dcfccnding  in  vaft  cacarafts  through  wild  and 
flliggy  mountains,  or  gliding  in  filcnt  majcfty  through 
e^.x_  C    '  fcrtiw 


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fertile  vales;  their  numerous  branches  a^id  tributary 
fprings  i  our  romantic  fcenes  of  rural  quiet ;  our  fim* 
plicity  of  manners,  yet  uncorruptcd  by  luxury  or  fla- 
grant vice  i  our  love  of  knowledge  and  ardor  for  liber- 
ty— all  thefe  fcrv'd  to  convey  the  idea  of  primaeval  feli- 
city to  a  heart  which  he  had  taught  to  beat  unifon  with 
the  harmony  of  heaven  ! 

He  therefore  choic  America,  as  the  field  of  his  future 
ufefulnel's ;  and  as  foon  as  the  bleflings  of  peace  were 
reftored  to  his  country,  and  duty  to  his  Sovereign  would 
permit,  he  took  his  litave  of  the  army,  and  having  foon 
conneded  himfelf,  by  marriage,  with  an  ancient  and  ho- 
norable family,  in  the  province  of  New- York,  he  chofe 
a  delightful  retirement  upon  the  banks  of  Hudfon*s  ri- 
ver, at  a  diftance  from  the  noife  of  the  bufy  world! 
Having  a  heart  diQended  with  benevolence,  and  panting 
to  do  good,  he  foon  acquired,  without  courting  it  from 
his  neighbours,  that  authority,  which  an  opinion  ot  lu- 
perioT  talents  and  inflexible  integrity,  never  fail  to  create. 

In  this  mod  eligible  of  all  fituations,  the  lite  of  a 
country  gentleman,  deriving  its  moft  cxquifite  relifli 
from  refledioi  upon  pad  dangers  and  paft  fervices,  he 
gave  full  fcope  to  his  philofophic  fpirit,  and  tafte  for 
rural  elegance.  Self-fatisfled  and  raifed  above  vulgar 
ambition,  he  devoted  his  time  to  fweet  domeftic  inter- 
courfe  with  the  amiable  partner  of  his  heart,  friendly 
converfe  with  men  of  worth,  the  ftudy  of  ufeful  books, 
and  the  innprovement  of  his  favor'd  villa.  Nor  from 
that  happy  fppt  did  he  wifli  to  dray,  until  he  (hould  re- 
ceive his  lad  fummons  to  happinefs  more  than  terredial. 

But  when  the  hand  of  power  was  ftretch'd  forth 
againd  the  land  of  his  refidence,  he  had  a  heart  too  no- 
ble not  to  fympathize  in  its  didrefs.    From  that  fatal 
.  day — and  Oh  !   that  it  had  never  found  a  place  in  the 
volumes  of  Times— from  that  fatal  day,  in  which  the 
fird  American  blood  was  fpilt  by  the  hodile  hands  of 
\  Britifli  brethren,  and  the  better  Genius  of  the  empire, 
.^  Yelling  her  face  in  anguifli,  turn'd  abhorrent  from  the 

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ITRiFE  OF  Death  among  her  Children— I  fay,  from 
tha'  fsital  day,  he  chofe  his  pare. 

Although  his  liberal  fpirit  placed  him  above  local 
prejudices,  and  he  confidered  himfelf  as  a  member  of 
the  empire  at  large;  yet  America,  iltuggling  in  tht 
caufe  of  Liberty,  henceforth  became  his  peculiar  coun- 
try I— -rand  that  country  took  full  pofftrflTion  of  his  foul ; 
lifting  him  above  this  earthly  drols,  and  every  private 
afFedtion  !  Worth  like  his  could  be  no  longer  hid  in  the 
ihades  of  obfcurity }  nor  permit  him  to  be  placed  in 
that  inferior  ftation  with  which  a  mind,  great  in  humi- 
lity and  felf- denial,  would  have  been  contented.  It  was 
wifely  confidered  that  he  who  had  fo  well  learned  to 
obey,  was  fitted  to  command  ;  and  therefore,  being  well 
affured  of  his  own  heart,  he  refigned  himfelf  to  the  pub- 
lic voice,  nor  hefitated  a  moment  longer  to  accept  the 
important  commifliun  freely  offered  to  him,  and,  with 
the  firmnefs  of  another  Regulus^  to  bid  farewell  to  his 
peaceful  retirement,  and  domeilic  endearments. 

Here  followed  a  fcene  of  undilfembled  tendernefs 
and  diftrefs,  which  all  who  hear  me  may,  in  fome  degree, 
conceive  ;  but  all  cannot  truly  feel.  You  only  who  arc 
hulbands — -whofe  hearts  have  been  intimately  blended 
with  the  partners  of  your  blifs,  and  have  known  the 
pangs  of  feparation,  when  launching  into  danger,  un- 
certain of  your  fate— »-You  only  would  I  now  more  di- 
rectly addrefs.  Give  a  moment's  paufe  for  refledtion  I 
Recall  your  own  former  feelings,  your  inward  flruggles, 
your  virtuous  tears!  Here  bid  them  again  freely  flow, 
while  you  liflen  to  our  hero's  parting  words-^ 

Ye  fcenes  where  home-feit  pleafures  dwell. 
And  thoui  my  dearer  fclf,  farewell ! 
'*  Perhaps  the  Cyprefs,  only  tree 
*'  Of  all  thefe  groves,  (hall  follow  me —  * 
But  ftill,  to  Triumph  or  a  Tomb» 
Wheie  Vinue  calls,  1  come,  I  come  \ 

^-^      «  I  COME, 

[Tht  fongaing  lints  n»trt  ftt  and  ptrformeJtt  muJUf  wkicb  gaw  M 
^trtiinily  of  a  pauftt  in  dtlivtring  tht  Oration* 

Z  Hor.  B.  a.  Ode  14.  1.  22—24, 


* 


^  TCOME,  I  coMi!"  Nor  were  thefe  the  word* 

X  (>^  difappointffd  ambition ;  nor  didtatcd  by  any 
iudOcn  ftart  of  party  zeal.  He  had  weighed  the  con- 
fell  well,  was  intimately  acquainted  with  the  unalienable 
rights  of  fretmcn,  and  ready  to  fupport  them  at  every 
peril  I  He  had  long  forefeen  an4  lamented  the  fatal  iiTue 
to  which  things  were  hafttning.  He  knew  that  the 
fword  of  civil  deftiuftion,  once  drawn,  is  not  cafily 
iheathed ;  that  men  having  their  minds  inflamed  and 
tht  weapons  of  detencc  in  their  hands,  feldom  know  the 
jult  point  where  to  (top,  even  when  they  have  it  in  their 
power ;  and  often  proceed  to  aftions,  the  bare  contem- 
plation of  which  would  at  fiiii  have  aftonifhed  them. 

It  was  therefore  his  dt  fire  rather  to  foften  than  en- 
flame  violent  humors,  wilhing  that  America,  in  all  her 
anions,  might  Hand  juilified  in  the  fight  of  God  and 
the  World.  He  forefaw  the  horrid  train  of  evils  which 
would  be  Ictloofe  by  the  ftioke  which  ihould  lever  the 
ancient  bond  of  union  between  Great-B'  itain  and  us.  It 
•was  therefore  his  wifli  that  fuch  a  ftroke  fhould  never 
proceed  firll  from  the  hand  of  America.  Nor  did  U 
io  proceed. 

The  refiftance  made  at  Lexington  was  not  the  traif 
terous  adt  of  men  confpiring  agairft  the  fuprcme  pow- 
ers i  nor  diredlfd  by  the  councils  of  any  public  body  in 
America  ;  but  rofe  immediately  out  of  the  cafe,  and 
nyas  dilated  by  felf  prefervatioHy  the  firll  great  law  of 
^^ature  as  well  as  Society.  If  there  was  any  premedita- 
ted Icheme  here,  it  was  premeditated  by  thole  who  creat- 
ed the  d:caaful  ntctflity,  cither  of  refijlance  or  ruin^ 
FcT  could  it  be  expedcd  that  any  peoplt,  pofitfllng;  the 
liaft  remains  of  virtue  and  liberty,  would  tamely  ftib- 
niit  to  deftrudion  and  ravi.gi — lo  be  dilarmed  as  flaves  \ 
Itripped  of  their  property  and  left  a  naked  prey  even 
to  the  infults  of  furrounding  lavages  ? 

Was  this  an  experiment  worthy  of  Great  Britain  ? 
Whne  was  the  wifdoni  of  her  counfellors  ?  Had  their 
jultice,  their  moderation  quite  foifaktn  them  ?   Could 


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t    >9    ] 

t>icy  poflibly  expcdl  obedience  in  fuch  a  cafe  as  thhf 
Would  chey  themfclves,  in  a  fimilar  cafe,  even  under  a 
connpetenc  legidative  authority,  fubmit  to  laws  whicb 
would  deftroy  the  great  end  of  all  laws,  ScUPrefcrva- 
tion  i  Human  nature  fays.  No.  The  Genius  of  the 
Cnglidi  conftitution  fays.  No.  The  nation  itfelf  hatll 
heretofore  faid.  No  ;  and  a  great  oracle  *  of  its  laws 
has  given  his  fanftion  to  the  verdifb — **  In  cafes  of  na- 
•'  tional  oppreflion,  fays  he,  the  nation  hath  very  jufti" 
**  fably  rifen  as  one  man,  to  vindicate  the  original  con- 
'*  traft,  fubfifting  between  the  King  and  people." 
And—"  If  the  fovereign  power  threaten  defolation  to  a 
*'  (late,  mankind  will  not  be  reafoned  out  of  the  feelings 
^*  of  humanity,  nor  facriBce  liberty  to  a  fcrupulous  ad* 
♦*  herence  to  political  maxims.** 

If  the  cafe  of  America  does  not  come  within  the 
above  defer iption,  there  fecm«j  to  be  no  equity  left  upon 
earth  ;  and  whatever  is  exaded  by  force  muft  be  yielded 
through  fear.  But  iF  judice  be  any  thing  more  than  a 
name,  it  is  fureiy  a  folecifm  in  politics  to  fay,  that  one 
part  oF  a  free  country  has  a  right  to  command  that 
which  the  other  "  cannot  obey  without  being  Jlaves,  nor 
*'  re/iji  without  being  rebels,**  Yet  to  fuch  a  fad  dilem- 
ma does  the  parliamentary  claim  of  a  *'  right  to  bind 
•'  us  in  all  cafes  whatfoever,"  reduce  America  ;  invol- 
ving in  it  a  total  furrender  of  our  liberties  ;  fuperfeding 
the  ufe  of  our  own  legiflatures  ;  marking  us  with  fuch  a 
badge  of  fervitude  as  no  freemen  can  confent  to  wear  ; 
and  fubjedtingus  to  burdens  laid  by  thofe  who  are  notonl/ 
unacquainted  with  our  circumflances,  and  bear  no  pare 
of  the  weight,  but  eafe  themfelves  in  proportion  as  they 
load  ws.  If  this  be  law,  if  it  be  equity,  it  has  no'cxam- 
ple  among  any  other  people,  polTcfling  the  lead  glim- 
merings of  virtue  or  native  freedom. 

But  although  this  claim  be  fo  repugnant  to  every 
idea  of  natural  as  well  as  legal  juilice,  that  the  guilt  of 

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blood  which  it  ma^  CKrcaQon  can  be  chargeable  only  otk 
chofe  whi  actempc  to  enforce  it ;  yet  I  am  well  ailliredv 
that  when  compelled  at  Uil  by  hard  necefllty,  either  to, 
avert  the  dagger  pointed  at  our  bread  or  crouch  to  un- 
condici  )nal  let  vituJe,  our  hero's  heart  bled  foi  the  dread-, 
ful  atternacivc. 

yii%  principles  of  loyalty  to  his  fovereign  (whom  he 
had  \on^  ferveJ,  and  wh^le  true  glory  confids  in  heaU 
ing  chofe  (l'ejm:ng  wounds)  remained  Brm  and  unfha- 
kci.  Love  to  our  brethren  whom  we  muft  oppole  ^ 
the  intcrchan::^e  of  go^d  ofii:cs,  which  had  fo  iotimaiely 
knit  the  bonds  of  frienddiip  between  them  and  us  ;  the 
memory  of  thofe  better  days  in  which  we  fought  and 
tnumphed  together  j  the  vaft  fabric  of  mutual  happi- 
ness raifcd  by  our  union,  and  ready  to  be  difTolved  by 
our  dSfitiCi  )ns  ;  the  annihilation  of  thofe  numerous 
plans  of  improvement  in  which  we  were  engaged  for 
the  glory  of  the  empire— all  thefe  confiderations  con- 
fpired  to  render  this  conteft  peculiai  ly  abhorrent  to  him^ 
aid  every  virtuous  American,  and  could  have  been  out- 
weighed by  nothing  earthly,  but  the  unquenchable  love 
of  liberty,  and  that  (acred  duty  which  we  owe  to  our- 
felves  and  our  p  ifterity. 

Hence,  as  appears  from  his  papers,  even  in  the  full 
triumph  of  fuccefs,  he  mod  ardently  joined  his  worthy 
friend  *  General  Schuyler  in  praying  that  "  Heaven 
miy  fpeedily  re- unite  us  in«very  bond  of  aflfedlion 
aii  interest ;  and  that  the  Britiih  empire  may  again 
become  the  envy  and  admiracion  of  the  univcrfe,  and 
fl  »viri(h'*  till  thi  con  fun  .nation  of  earthly  things. 
This  pirt  of  his  charaft jr,  I  dwell  upon  with  particu- 
lar fa:isfi£t> 01  •,  and  indeed  had  he  evidenced  a  con- 
trary fentimint,  or  gone  forth  in  the  rage  of  conquefi 
init^^ad  of  th>:  fpirin  of  reconciliation ;  not  all  his  other 
vinu-M,  nor  yjt  tUi  rdpect  -vnich  [  owe  to  the  appoint- 
in -u  »v  here  with  I  sun  now  honored,  could  have  induced 
me  CO  appear  in  ciiis  place,  oa  this  occaliQn* 

*  la  hit  letter  of  Nov.  tth. 


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Gcft  forbid  that  ary  of  the  profcflion  to  whrch  I  be* 
long,  (hould  ever  forget  their  peculiar  charadler,  excr- 
cifc  a  turbulent  Ipirit,  or  pro(\itute  thfir  voice  to  cn- 
iflamc  men's  mirds  to  the  purpofes  of  wild  ambition, 
or  mutual  deftru»flion.  I  am  happy  in  knowinc  that 
nothing  of  this  kind  u  "wiflied  fom  me;  nay  that  the 
delegated  voice  of  the  contii  f^nt,  as  well  as  of  this  par- 
ticular province,  fuppoits  me  in  praying  for  a  reft/ra* 
tion  "  of  the  former  harmony  between  Great  Britain 
**  and  theft  Colonies  upon  fo  firm  a  bafis  as  to  perpc- 
•*  tuate  its  blelTings,  uninterrupted  by  any  future  diflVn- 
••  fions, to  fuccteding  generations  in  both  countries."* 

Indeed  this  matter  refts  in  fafe  bands^  and  is  clear 
in  itfelf.  If  redrefs  of  grievances,  tffcnttal  liberty,  and 
fecurity  againft  future  oppreflion  can  be  obtained,  a- 
greeablc  to  our  own  defires ;  then,  neither  cnnfiftency, 
dignity,  nor  a  regard  to  our  illuftrious  Britilh  Friends, 
who  have  defended  our  caufe,  pledged  t hem fe Ives  for 
our  fincerity,  and  hope  by  our  aid  to  reftorr  and  perpe- 
tuate the  glory  of  the  whole  empire^  can  fufT^r  us  to  he- 

fitate. 


•  The  above  partf^raph  having  been  either  mifrepre'entecl  or  m\t- 
HnderAood  by  fome,  the  author  doe*  net  think  bimfeltat  liberty  ti 
make  the  leaft  ahe-ation  in  it,  even  if  hejudeed  any  to  be  necefl*  rr« 
The  quotation  from  the  laft  petition  of  Congrefs,  as  «vell  at  the  *«- 
ference  made  to  the  inftruflions  of  our  AAembly,  both   pri'^t  to  « 
paft  period  ;  and  the  author  cannot  be  confidered,  from  th*>nce,  aa 
taking  upon  him  to  make  the  lead  declaration  concerning  the  pre- 
sent fentiments  of  either  of  thefe  bodies  ;  nor  is  there  a  word  whic^ 
Can  preclide  the  taking  into  the  termi  of  acccmmodation,  <o  f>r  at 
inav   be  thought  reafonable,  the  redrefs  of  whatever  grievancet  erf 
lofles  we  may  have  fuftained,  fince  that  period,     U^ion  the  whoV, 
it  is  prefumed,  that  a  fingle  fentiment  is  not  to  be  f  tund  in  the  O' 
ration^  which  is  not  fully  confonant  to  every  dechration  of  Cungreft 
which  has  yet  appeared.     And  to  impute  to  them,  or  even  (u(pec^« 
the  leaft  change  of  fentiment,  before  thev  themfelves  h?ve  declarrd 
it,  would  not  only  be  indectnt  but  very  irjurious  to  our  cacfe.     Ths 
author  \%  atfo  confident  with  kimfelf,  and  if  the  fam;  drflrinr s  whic'', 
hf  has  bfen  told,  were  well  received  in  his  lat?  publir^'ion,  fhou:i 
now  be  difagrreable  to  any,  the  fault  is  not  his.     B  i    he  will  pivs 
the  rr'.der  no  further  trouble  on  this  topic*  unlefi  k.s  own  dcknce 
lA  future  ihouid  reader  it  ncceiTar/. 


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fitate.  To  fay,  let  them  look  to  their  own  fafety,  and 
we  will  look  to  ours,  would  be  unworthy  cf  the  liberal 
loul  of  any  American^  truly  animated  in  our  prefcnc 
caufe,  and  with  the  love  of  univerfal  liberty. 

But  luppofc  thcfe  terms  cannot  be  obtained  ?  Why 
then,  there  will  be  no  need  of  turther  arguments,  mucli 
lefs  of  ar^gra  vat  ions.  Timid  as  my  heart  perhaps  is, 
and  ill-tuned  as  my  ear  may  be  to  the  din  of  arms  and 
the  clangor  ot  the  trumpet ;  yet,  in  that  cafe,  founds 
which  arc  a  thoufand  times  more  harlh — "  even  the 
••  croaking  of  frogs  in  the  uncultivated  fen,"  or  the 
howling  of  wild  beads  on  the  mountain  top,  where  Li- 
berty dwells,  would  be  *'  preferable  to  the  nightingale's 
•'  fong"  in  vales  of  Jlavery^  or  the  melting  notes  of  Co- 
fiELLi  in  cities  clanki>'g  their  chains  ! 

If  this  be  a  digrclTion,  pardon  it  as  the  laft,  and  due 
to  my  own  principles  and  confiftency.  I  now  haften  to 
attend  our  hero  through  the  remainder  of  his  career-^ 
Ihort  indeed  !  but  crouded  with  fcenes  of  virtuous  adi- 
vity,  wh  ch  would  have  dignified  the  longed  life. 

The  Canada  expedition  is  one  of  thofe  meafures, 
which  the  enemies  of  American  peace  having  firll  ren- 
dered necf  fTiry,  will  now  drive  to  mifcondrue  into  hq/li' 
lity  and  offence.  But  when  authentic  proofs  were  ob- 
tained that  a  people  profcfling  a  religion,  and  fubj^£t(fd 
to  laws,  different  from  ours,  together  with  numerous 
tribes  of  favages  were  indifj^ired  and  preparing  to  deluge 
our  frontiers  in  blood,  let  God  and  the  world  judge 
whether  it  was  an  a£l  of  offtnce  \  or  ratlsjer,  whether  ic 
was  not  mercy  to  them,  to  ourfeives,  to  the  whole  Bri- 
tidi  empire,  to  nie  the  means  in  our  power  for  tiudrating 
th(-  barbarous  attempt. 

Indeed  there  was  benevolence  in  the  whole  plan  o^ 
^'s  {.xpecl  tion.  It  was  to  be  executed  not  fo  much  by 
force  as  by  per[urfton\  and  appearing  in  the  country 
wirh  fuch  a  lelpedtablc  Itiengch,  as  might  proted  the 
inhabitants  from  the  inlults  and  vengeance  of  thofe, 
who  were  driving  to  make  them  lift  up  their  reluftarit 

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>rm  to  the  (hedding  fraternal  blood.  It  was  further 
y/ifhed  to  kindle  up  the  expiring  lamp  of  liberty  a«jior;^ 
them  •,  to  open  their  eyes  to  its  divine  effulgence  •,  an^d 
enable  them  to  raife  their  drooping  head,  and  claim  iti 
blcOlngs  as  their  own/       '  .    .  .  4.     ..■>     .    .. 

This  was  a  work,  in  all  its  parts,  fultcd  to  the  genius 
of  a  Montgomery.  He  had  a  head  and  heart  which 
equally  p3inted  hin)  ©ut  as  a  pt  guide  in  fucn  an  un- 
dertaking. He  underftood  ancj  could  well  Explain  the 
bleflings  of  a  free  government.  Perfuafioh  dwelt  upOn 
Jiis  tongue.  He  had  a  foul,  great,  didilifereftcd,  affec- 
tionate, delighting  to  alleviate  difl:refs','and  to  diffufe 
happinefs.  hje  had  an  induftry  not  fo  be  wcafied  out  5 
a  vigilance  not  to  be  impofcd  upon  ;  and  a  courage^ 
when  ncceiTary,  equal  to  his  other  abilities'.  .^  , 

But  flijl,  with  a  few-new  raifed  ri}en,  of  different 
colonies,  and  perhaps  different  tempers;  ill  fuppliec} 
with  arrns  and  ammunition  ♦,  worfe  difciplined  •,  unac- 
cuftomcd  to  look  cannon  in  the  face;  to  make  or*to 
mount  a  breach-^in  Tuch  circumftan'tes,  Hay,  and  in  the 
,0iort  fpacc  oi  an  autumnal  and  \yiAter  carripafgn, in  f  igbr- 
ous  northern  climes,  to  atchl(5ve  a  work  which  coil  (jreat- 
Britair>  and  the  coloijies  the  jabor  of  leveral  campaigns, 
and  what  was  a  fscrifice  of  infinitely  more  value— *i:he 
JiFc  of  the  igirriortal  Wolfe — this  certainly  required  Jt 
degree  of  magnanimity  beyond  the  ordinary  reach,  and 
the  exei^tiori  of  the  highelt  abilities  of  isverf  kind. 

"Ttti  command  and  condu(5):of  anarmy  were  but  fniall 
parts  of  this  undertaking*  'The  Indians  were  to  be  treaed 
?«^ith,  re(lrained  andkeuc  in  temper.  The  Canadians  Vvc  re 
likewile  to  be  managed,  procetTted  and  fuppoited  :  And 
even  his  own  army,  in  lome  degree,  to  be  fcrnieiL  diki- 
plined,  animated,  ^ccuflon-jed  to  'r.:irc!;cs,  irtcaaipmert-^, 
dangers,  fatigues,  an:!  the  fftqueiit Wan:  of  nccciriiHS. 

Camps,  of  all  wirldiy  fv:enes,  often  exhibit  the  o'vea^cfi 
pictures  of  diftrefs.  The  fick  and  the  wounde. ; — ^  he: 
•dying  and  the  dead — as  well  as  the  wants  and  lbfF:r!;i  i 
'pt  thelivmg — all  thelc  call  forth  the  moll  tenilei  tn  lin 
jnJ  require  of  a  General  il;at,  to  iln;  c  juragv 


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hi  finiild  unite  with  the  utmoft  benevolence  of  a  man  I 
Our  General  poffflld  thefe  united  qualities  in  their 
higheft  lullrc  -,  of  which  there  are  numerous  tellimonies 
not  only  from  his  own  army,  but  from  the  prifoners, 
Enghfh  as  well  as  Canadians,  now  amongft  U9. 

Wh£N  his  men  laboured  under  fatigue,  wanted  bread 
and  other  neceflanes,  had  their  beds  to  m<ke  in  fnovv 
or  deep  moraflcs,  they  were  afliamed  to  complain,  find- 
ing that  he  was  willing;  to  fhare  in  the  execution  of  what- 
ever  he  commanded.     And  the  example  which  he  thMS 
fet  to  others,  did  more   to  infpire  patience,  obedience, 
love  of  order  and  difciphne,  tha«  the  mod  rigid  exercife 
of  power  could  have  done.     The  influence  of  this  ex- 
ample was  (till  ftrongcr,  as  it  did  not  appear  to  be  the 
effed  of  conftraint  or  political  neccflity  ;  but  the  amia- 
ble expreflion  of  a  fyrppathizing  foul  -,  leading  him  to 
condefcend  to  all  capacities ;  cxa6t  in  his  own  duties, 
and  great  even  in  common  things.     His  letters,  confi- 
d.ntial  as  well  as  official,  are  a  full  proof  of  this. 
'^  Our  incampment  is  fo  fwampy,  I  feel,  fays  he,  ex- 
ceedingly fur  the  troops  -,  and  provifions  lb  fcarce,  'C 
will  require  not   onjy  defpatch,  but  good  fortune,  lo 
keep  us  from  diftrefs'— Should  things  not  go  well,  I 
tremble  for  the  fate  of  the  poor  Canadians,  who  have 
ventured  fo  much.     What  (Iwuld  1  do  with  them, 
fhould  I  be  obliged  to  evacuate  this  country  ?  I  h  vc 
afTjred  them  thai  the   United  Colonies   will  as  foon 
give  up  IVIafrachuletts  to  refentmerjt  as  them/* — 
These  fenriments  were  worthy  of  a  heroic  foul,  and 
of  tlie  laiih  he  had  plcc^^ged  to  thofe  people.     Nor  is  he 
ids   cf)  bc^  vcff  erati  d   for  his  tcn'jer  icgard  towards  his 
oA'H  armv — inUt^ad  ot  making  a  merit  of  his  difficulties 
(vv'hich  were  ir.dctd  moie  tlian  ought  to.be  mentioned 
jn  tliis  place)  he  oficn  fteks  to  conceal  them  •,  afcribing 
Rdy  litiie  fauks  or  tnitlir.eii^'in  h\s  youj^g  troops,  to  their 
wjiiiC  of  expcnrncc  in  forming  r,  to  their  hard  duty,  the 
coi. leant  fuccedic-n  of  bad  weailier  and  the  like — flill  en- 
couraginpr  rhein  to  nobler  efforts  in  future.     And  if  any 
icncc  ot  diU:ipiinc  ap[:'."a:cd,  he  nobly  attributes  it  to 

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';  that  fpirit  of  freedom,  whicli  mv-n  accuftomed  to  think 
*'  ior  ihemiclveb,  will  even  bring  into  camps  with  tlii  m." 

His  own  fuptirior  mihtary  knowledge  he  has  L)r«rn 
kntjvvn  to  laciifue  to  ihe;  general  voice,  rat!it*r  than  i:i- 
ttfiTupt  that  union  on  winch  llicccls  depended ;  and  when 
a  mtafure  was  once  rcf  dved  upon  by  the  majority,  how- 
ever n»uch  contrary  to  his  own  advice  and  jurl«rn]cnt, 
he  mai;^naniniouny  fupported  it  with  his  utmolt  vi^^:or  ; 
difdaining  that  wurk  of  low  ambition,  which  will  drive  to 
defeat  in  the  execution  what  it  could  not  dirt<5t  in  planning. 

His  perfeverance  and  condudt  in  gaining  puirclll  on  of 
St.  John's  and  Montreal,  have  already  been  the  theme 
of  every  tongue,  and  need  not  to  be  mentioned  in  this 
place.  His  abilities  in  negociation  •,  the  precifion  with 
which  the  various  articles  oi'  treaties  and  capitulations  are 
exprtlTtd  ;  the  ocncrous  applaufe  he  gives,  not  only  to 
every  worthy  effort  of  his  own  Officers,  but  to  the  Com- 
manding Ol^ccr  and  garrilbn  of  St  John's  ;  his  noblts 
declaration  to  the  Inhabitants  of  Montreal,  "  that  the 
*•  Continental  Armies  defpile  every  adl  of  opprelfion 
**  ynd  violeYice,  being  come  for  the  exprefs  purpnfe  of 
"  givir)g  liberty  and  fc cur ity'^ — All  thele,  I  lay,  did  honor 
to  himlcU,  and  to  chat  Gtlcgatcd  body,  uncier  whole  au- 
thority he  acled. 

Leaving  him,  therefore,  for  a  while — alas  too  fhort 
a  while — :o  enjoy  the  noblell  of  all  triumpiis,  tht  a[j- 
plaufe  of  his  country,  and  the  conilious  tcltimony  of 
his  own  hearr,  let  us  inquire  after  anothr  band  oh  brave 
iind  hardy  rntn,  who  arc  flemniinjT  raj-.u!  rivers,  atct-nd- 
ing  patHi-fis  mountains,  traveiTi.ig  unj>ropled  delcrr^, 
anci  lialUning  thrcaigh  deep  morallV.s  and  gloomy  woods, 
C  j  ni;;et  him  in  fcencs  or  iinother  ifiuc — 

■~'  ■ '  ■  ■  ■ Do^rr^s  "n  vaia 

Or>pos'd  their  coudc,  an-i  d^ep  rapsci'>u^  fl.  , d  , 
And  inounuins  in  wrioie  j  iws  deilfLdlion  gtj-'j, 
ilunger  and  loil  —  Arinei.ian  fno.vi  .mJ  H.un.s  I 
Greece  in  lueirview  aiid  ^iory  yet  u:  touLh'd, 

'*  h'y  held  t'^eir  fcatloi's  .vay Oh  !    iti-.i^^^di  of  mind 

Al.uoil  aimigluy  in  fiVwic  cxuciuci !  * 


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i^  This  praifc  was  paid  to  ten  thcusand  HeroIsS, 
fuftaining  every  danger,  in  a  retreat  to  their  own  country, 
apd  is  certainly  dut,  lb  far  as  heroiim  is  concerned,  to 
Icfs  than  a  tentli  part  of  the  number,  marching  through 
tSJuai  diteculties  ag,ain(l  the  capital  of  a  bojiile  country. 
^  El^EKT  the  maich  of  HanniUal  over  the  Alps,  fo 
Iriiich  celebrated  in  hiitoiy,  (allowmg  for  the  difparity 
pf  numbers)  has  nothing  in  it  of  fuperior  merit,  to  the 
jnarc.h  bf  Arnold  j  and  in  many  circUi^iRances  there 
is  a  tpoft.ftriking  limilituJc 

^  The  Former  had  to  encounter  the  rapid  khone  ;  the 
Jatter,  the  more  rapid  Kenncbeck,  thrp^  an  immcnfe 
Ipngth  of  country,  ,  The  former,  when  he  came  to  quit 
the  river,  fourid  his  further  paflage  barr'd  by  thountains, 
Rearing  their  fnoi^;^  crcfts  to  the  fky,  rugerd,  wild,  un- 
gjulrivaci-d.^  This  was  alfo  the  cafe  with  the  latter,  whofe 
itroops,.  carrying  their  boats  and  baggage,  were  obliged 
ito  crofs  and  rcfciofs  the  fame  mountains  lundry  tlmcs- 
^t  the  foot  of  the  thountains,  the  former  \,yas  deferted 
by  tmee  thou  land  of.his  army,  defponding  at  the  length 
of  the  way,  and  terrjfitd  at  the  hideous  view  of  thofe  ftu- 
jf  cndoiis  hei'jht.s  which  they  cohfidered  as  iirpaflable— - 
in  like  circumftances  about  a  third  part  ot  the  aimy  of 
the  latter,  dekrted  fliali  I  fay,  or  ufe  the  more  couteous 
lian(;ua<^e— •'  rct'urntd  home."  *    The  march  bf  the  for- 

mer 

i    •  When    Jhe  Orafioti,   was  delivered,  the  ^^JtV.or  did  r.ct  know 

that  :;n  tiqvii  y  1  ad  been  made  into  ihe  reafons  cf  the  return  cf  ihii 

paity,  arci  that  tht  Ctntnaidirg  Cfiker  t  as  bter  at  quilted.    But  as 

ft  very  V^cerjil  ceifure  had  tetn  prflwd  upon  him  ifiiiD^h  ihe  Loio- 

tnc'3,  11  «vas  judged  hiuch  jntoe  h<  noiable  lor  hirn  co  mi^rit  au  acccur  t 

of   hi*   acq-Hiniet.t,   than,  to  luppic  9   the  paragraph  —  for   ail  ihci5 

liarfadlh-.rib  'vill  be  ?uli|  fcrttiriiz; d  by  (liiuie  Mlioriiins, 

;     It  VMS  at   it  e  foot    of  fhc  ■Pyaitts  ihat  the  jcc'o  tieferted   frcm 

Ilannil  al,   ind    h«    Uf.%\)  ciiouirec.  ycc   more.    whoTe  courage  he 

Aeicencd  was*  nbt  tc]uu  to 'he  u»  dtruKn  g.     It.cecd  L  vy   ttJls  us 

Ihfct  the  fight  cf^thc  yj-^f/,  **  lieU  fnc  w-c'.ac  trps  aintll  ptnttrttirg 

^*   liefcVti;    fhe  rbdefeoaj'^es  bci't  tr  x(  cki,  Tucp  sr  d  uxtn  pintlitd 

*'   v.Uh  cc<d,  tht  n;tti  fiJtygK:  ire*  wearirj;  It  rg  bciidj,  tteiy  ihJig 

«»*^rth  ar<:|n^»e  ard  irjiri(ri}.ic  ll.ti' yviih  L-cl'," — llruckevcn  ihe  le- 

Vnau-.der  tf  his  tiby  vvuh  a  umpoisiy  [anic.     It  ij.r.v^i  ci»ar  •'lit 

•][«i  •  Hanribal    rrjif^^i   his  beau  a/ier  trtilirg  the  Rlict  e,  vvhcihcf 

^p  ^au^  \.il  b-t|?^&^j  •**  ^'^  aivcfidcd  akng  iu  tanks,  or  TiQU 


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nVr  was  about  twelve  hundred  miles  in  five  months. 
The  Virginia  and  Pennfylvania  rifle- companies,  be- 
longing to  the  latter,  including;  their  firft  march  from 
fheir  own  habitations  to  Cambridge,  and  thence  to 
C^ebec,  marched  near  the  fame  diftance  in  abouc 
three  monthsi 

Besides  ihcfe  rifle  companies,  Arnold's  corps  con* 
pfted  of  about  ftve  hundred  New-England  troops,  who 
fuftained  all  the  fatigues  of  the  worft  part  of  the  march 
J)y  land  and  water,  with  the  utmoft  fortitude.  And 
General  MoNTb  jmerv,  ever  ready, to  do  juftice  to  me- 
rit, having  joined  them  be'ore  .Quebec,  gives  their 

(Eommander  and  them  this  charadcr ^ 

**  They  are  an  exceeding  fine  body  of  men,  inured  t<l 
fatigue,  with  a  ftylc  of  dilcipline  atiiong  them  mucS 
fuperiar  to  what  i  have  been  ufed  to  fee  this  campaign, 
— He  himlclf  is  a^live,  intelligent,  and  entcrprizing," 
,-  Having  apprdgched  fhofe  plains  which  the  blood  of 
Wolfe  hat'i  conlecrated  to  d^athlefs  fame,  our  hero 
f«:emed  emolcus  of  his  glory,  and  animated  with  a  kin- 
dred  fpiric.  The  fituation  of  his  army  prcflcd  defpatch  I 
fnows  and  frofts  only  quickened  his  motions.  He  hoped 
by  one  fuccefsful  ftruke,  before  the  arrival  of  fuccours 
to  the  garrifon,  to  complete  his  plan,  and  fave  the  future 
ffi^ufion  of  much  blood.  He  further  flattered  himfelf, 
that  his  fuccefs,  if  fpeedy,  might  have  fome  influence  up* 
On  Parliament,  in  hallerung  a  reconciliation.  He  under- 
flood  that  maxim  oi  Folaid— *"No  obflacle  fhouid  break 
.*'  our  refolution,  when  tt^eie  •s,  but  a  moment  between  $, 
•*  bad  ficuation  and  a  worfc"-— This  fentiment  he  exprcfT- 
es  in  his  lad  letter  with  a  fpirit  of  modtfty,  and  a  fenfe 
of  duty,  as  wtll  as  the  danger  attending  it,  which  ought 
to  be  torever  recorded  to  his  uloiy. — ''  1  fhall  be  forry  to 
*'  be  reduced  to  this  mode  of  attack  ;  becaule  I  know 
"  the  melancholy  conltquences.  But  the  approaching 
**  fevcrity  of  the  fealon,  the  weakr.cls  of  the  garrilcn,  lo- 
'^'  gether  with  the  nature  of  the  vvoiksS,  point  it  out  too 
*'  itrong  to  be  paficd  by.  Fortune  olten  b.fflcs  the 
ll  tiiolt  fanj^uine  tkpedations  «f  ,poor  mc reals — 1  am  noc 

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•^  Intoxicated  with  the  favors  I  hare  received  at  h&t 
*♦  liands — But  1  tliink  there  is  a  tair  profpt6t  of  fucctf^j.'* 

PocjR  mortals  indeed,  if  nothing  was  to  remain  of  them 
after  dt'a!:h  •,  for  while  he  was  C(  urting  this  fuccels,  and 
tlorinufly  leading  on  his  trooos  in  the  front  of  danger, 
lie  received  the  fatal  ftroke,  which  in  an  inllant  rcleafed 
his  great  fpirit,  ij  follow  and  join  the  immortal  Ipiric 
of  Wolfe!  .  i  , 

"  O  TMou  fvvift  winged  mclfenger  of  deftrudion,  how 
didft  thou  triumph  in  that  moment  !  the  llroke  that  fe- 
VcrM  Montgomery  fiom  his  army,  deprived  them  of 
more  than  a  member.  It  reached  the  vitaU,  and  ftruck 
the  whole  body  with  a  temporary  death.  As  when  the 
forked  lightning,  darting  thro'  the  fureft,  amid  the  black 
lempefts  of  night,  rends  iome  towering  oak,  and  lays  its 
honors  in  the  dull,  the  inferior  trees  which  it  had  long 
Ihcltered  from  the  ftorm,  (land  mournful  around,  fo  flood 
the  aflonidied  bands  over  their  fallen  Chieftain  ! — nor 
over  h'm  alone  ;  but  over  others,  in  their  prime  of  glo- 
ry, proftrate  by  his  fide  ! 

Here,  ye  Pennfylvanian  youths,  fecond  to  hone  in  vir- 
tue, let  a  portion  of  your  tta^s  be  facred  to  the  ftames  of 
Macpherson  !  Vou  remember  his  generciUs  Ipirit  m  his 
early  years,  for  he  drank  of  the  flimt:  Iprings  of  Icience 
with  many  of  you  now  before  me  ;  and  we  who  reached 
the  cup  to  your  lip,  rejoice  that  it  contributed  to  invigo- 
rate both  him  and  ynu  into  wifdom  and  public  fpirir. 
Having  fin-Hi-^d  his  icolallic  *  education,  he  iludied  the 
laws  of  his  country,  under  a  lawyer  and  patriot-^  of 

diltinguiflicd 


•  He  was  educated  partly  at  the  college  of  Philadelphia,  and  part^ 
ly  at  that  of  Nesv.  jtrUy.  A  f-'w  days  before  his  d^-aih,  itc  viTutd 
the  Vijy  fpi.tou  which  (Jeneral  VJolte  expired  ;  at>d  thi  rifl  ibons 
ill  h'S  ieitcr  tn  tins  occafirT),  as  well  as  in  thit  which  he  left  fir;>lt'(i 
lip,  for  his  (a;hcr,  in  ciff  of  tis  death  in  the  uUack  upon  Qutbec, 
tvt'ie  fuch  as  Ivrcamc  a  rhViflian  and  z  j'oltiier.  lie  biqueaihc;!  what 
little  forcilne  it  hod  accumul.tied,  to  his  only  brothtr,  an  officer  in 
'■4»  the  icgu'ar  arinv.  A?  a  reward  for  his  f.rvices,  he  was  apuointed 
^*'    by   the  Cor  grcr>,  a  Mnj  >r  in  a  battalion  to  b;  raifed   in   the  D.'la- 

Ware  cour.t  c->,  hut  had  rfcived  uo  accoi;..;C  oi  this  pirucioiica. 
,_  f  J(  hn  Ditkiafon,  11  cjui.e.  ...    ' 


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dif^iptjuiflic  !  mme  ;  and  animated  by  hi;?  exnmpV,  as  wf-I!  a»  prf« 
cep's,  had  beeomc  eminent  in  his  profcffion,  ac  an  aje  ^vhcn  {oxie 
'h'-vve  fcarce  b:*)^un  to  think  of  bullnefs.  The  love  of  lihcrry  b?ini; 
his  rn!ir)iT  p^ffi^n,  he  thought  it  his  duty  in  the  pref«!nt  ftruij^le,  tn 
ofF-^r  himf-lf  to  the  fervice  of  his  country,  and  he  hril  fir.n  an  op- 
portunity of  a'taining  that  miliary  preeminence,  ot  which  ha  wst 
lauiably  amhi'inas. 

Enjoying  a  hereditary  bravery,  joined  to  a  well  cultivate  1  ui« 
demanding,  and  an  adlive  fptrit,  he  foon  hecame  «h.'  bofoTi  f>  en  I 
c»f  Gi'tic^a'  Montgomery,  was  his  Aid  de  Camp,  was  enirtiU:!  witl\ 
a  (h:ire  in  the  management  of  his  moll  important  ne^Dc  a:i'»r<i, 
Uood  by  his  fide  in  the  attack  upon  Quebec,  and  being,  as  it  were, 
animated  by  one  common  (out,  and  dear  to  each  other  in  life— -in 
death,  they  were  not  a  moment  divid^^d  ! 

Herb  likewife  fell  Captain  Cheesman,  of  the  New  York  f>rct», 
covered  with  honor,  and  lamented  by  all  who  knew  him,  as  nn  adiiva 
and  gallant  ofHcer.  His  particular  m^rit^,  as  well  as  the  merits  of 
fome  others,  who  (hared  his  fate,  ought  to  be  more  fully  com  memo, 
rated  on  this  occafion,  if  proper  accounts  of  them  could  be  c  l)e£>'?d. 

I  MuiT  not,  however,  omit  the  name  of  the  brave  Captain  HeN'- 
DRiCKs,  who  commanded  one  of  the  Pennfylvania  riflt^-companies 
and  was  known  to  me  from  his  infancy.  He  was  indeed  prodigal  of 
his  life,  and  courted  danger  out  of  his  tour  of  duty.  The  command 
of  the  guard  belonged  to  him,  on  the  morning  of  the  attick  ;  bii; 
he  folicited  and  obtained  leave  to  take  a  more  confpicuous  pott  ; 
and  having  led  his  men  through  the  birrier,  where  his  command irj^ 
officer.  General  Arnold,  was  wounded,  be  long  Ajd^iincd  the  firts 
of  the  garrifon  with  anfhaken  ftrmneft,  till  at  lalt,  receiving  a  (hot 
in  his  bread,  he  immediately  expired.  * 

Such  examples  of  magnanimity  filled  even  aJ'utr/aritt  with  ve* 
Deration  and  efleem.  Forgetting  the/cet  in  the  terout  they  gat^C"* 
ed  up  their  breathlefs  remains,  and  committed  them  to  kindred  dui(, 
^  with  pious  hands  **  and  funeral  honors  meet."— 'So  may  your  owi\ 
remains,  and  particularly  thine,  O  Carleton,  be  honored,  ihould 
it  ever  be  your  fate  to  fall  in  hoftile  fields !  Or  if,  amid  the  viriou» 
chances  of  war,  your  lot  fhould  be  amorg  the  prifor.ers  and  tho 
wounded,  may  yoq  be  didin^uifhed  with  an  amp^e  r«turn  of  thlt 
b«nevol«»nce  which  you  have  (hewn  to  others.  Such  oHices  of  hijm:^- 
nity,  ft)(tening  t^e  favage  feenes  ofwar,  will  entitle  you  to  an  hujio? 
which  all  the  pride  of  conqued  cannot  beflow^-^rnuch  lefs  acorq  <cit 

over  fellow  fubjefts,  coartending  for  the  commolk  rights  of  f:c;inen. 

■     •     ■     V-  .  -^  By 

•  Thcfe  particulars  were  certified  by  Gen.  Thompfen  and  Col,  T>!a* 
ga'WtKxi  commanders  in  the  Pennfylvania  rifle-reg'meit.andth^y  "ive 
'  me  this  further  charadler  of  him  in  their  Icaer,  via.  *♦  No  faiigticj  nr 
••  duty  ever  difcouraged  him — He  paid  the  ftrlftcft  attention  to  his 
••  company,  and  was  ambitious  that  they  Ihould  excel  in  difci(^!in<*» 
*'  fobriety  and  order,  ^is  focial  and  domeilic  virtues  )ou  wera 
**  well  acquainted  with."— 


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Br  /«icH  oflicet  ai  thcfe,  yoo  likewife  pive  •  ((leam  ofcoicfort  M 
thoA!  mourneri,  who  mix  their  wan  with  oari  *  Schuylkill  anU 
SvCquchannali ;  and  to  her  f  efpccially.op  Uadfon'tf  river,  prehemi- 
fieot  in  woe  !  Angel*  and  miniftert  of  grace,  conptete  her  coafolfi- 
V  tioni !  Tell  her,  in  gentlcft  accents,  what  wreaths  of  glory  y<  u  have 
•ntwin'd,  to  adorn  the  browi  of  tKnfe  who  die  for  their  country  ;  and 
kovering  for  a  while,  on  the  wing  •ffityt  lillen  c.>  her  monrofvl  ftiain-** 

I  Sweet  ivy,  twia'd  »iih  myrtle,  form  a  (hade 
Around  che  tomb  where  brave  M'iiilgomiry*i  laid  I       ' 
Beneath  your  bought,  (hut  from' the  bearoi  of  day. 

*'        My  ceAfeieni  tears  (htH  bathe  Che  wary.or'a  clay ; 
And  irJDt'd  "  Freedom  (h^ll  a  while  repair, 

'         To  d^cli,  with  one,  a  weeping  hermit  there.." 

1 

Hav:ng  now  paid  the  honors  due  to  th?  mcnories  of  oqr  depar(« 
ed  friends,  what  need  I  add  aiore  ?  IHultrioas,  althoagh  (hort,  wap 
cheir  race  !  **  But  old  age  is  not  that  which  ffandeth  in  length  of 
time,  ^or  is  ineafored  by  number  of  years— wifdom  is  thi  gre^ 
bair  to  man,  ^nd  an  unfpotted  life  it  old  ape." 

To  fuch  men,  Rome  in  all  her  ^lov-y  *nuld  have  decreed  boii«rs| 
and  the  refolve  of  Congnft  tp  tranfinit  the  memory  of  their  virtaei* 
it  worthy  of  that  magnanimity  wKich'oueht  to  chara^l.rize  public 
bodies.  Jealous  and  arbitrary  ruleri  are  fparinjj;  of  honors  to  thole 
who  ferve  them,  lell  their  own  fhou.l4  be  thus  eclipfed.  But  your 
luftre,  Qentlemen,  can  fujfer  00  dimanition  this  way  ;  and  tli« 
glory  yo(^  jullly  beftojv  upon  o(l^ers^  will  only  be  reilf£ted  to  ca- 
ereafe  your  own  J 

f  The  rivers  oe  w.hi«h  .the  parcpiti  of  Major  Macpherfon  anil 

Capt.  hrndricks  live. 
;, '    f  Mri.  Montgomery. 

X  The  original  lines,  for  which  thefe  were  fabftitnted  a^d  titt^ 
•d  !•  muiic,  are  well  known,  viz. 


"  Wi,-id  gentle  Ever-green  to  form  a  fliade, 

'*  Around  the  Tomb  where  Sophocles  is  laid,  5cc« 

Part  of  the  twe  lad  lines  is  frpm  an  Qde  of  p/Ae/* 


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